Faculty and Researchers

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

An introduction to faculty staff members and laboratories in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Note: Information on the laboratories is current as of the 2023 academic year. There may be changes to this information in the 2024 academic year.

OKADA Masaaki

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Landscape & Heritage Study Laboratory
Landscape Engineering, History of Civil Engineering, Industrial Heritage, Heritage Studies

Research on landscape evaluation and history of civil engineering. We embrace the concept of using landscapes near to us as community assets in doing design. We start with familiar places, and identify issues and research ways to resolve them.

OKINAKA Tomoo

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Applied Mechanics Laboratory
Material Mechanics, Applied Mechanics, Image Measurement Systems

In the break-up and collapse of a structure, splitting cracks will branch and propagate for several hundred meters. We use experiments and computer simulation to investigate what phenomena are occurring in such situations.

KAWAI Katsuyuki

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Environmental Geotechnics Laboratory
Geotechnical Engineering, Geoenvironmental Engineering, Disaster Prevention

Using a three-phase mixture comprising soil particles, water, and air, we faithfully model geo-materials that exhibit complex behaviors depending on their composition ratio, and search for clues to solve problems by simulating ground disasters such as landslides and soil contamination.

SHIMAZU Haruki

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Environmental Sanitary Laboratory
Environmental Engineering, especially Environmental Analysis, Water Quality Control, and Waste Treatment.

Our laboratory investigates the status and sources of pollution from chemical substances in the atmosphere and water, in microorganisms, and the like. We examine whether the possibility exists that a substance would have an adverse impact on people and ecosystems, and conduct research with the aim of building appropriate systems to manage and control chemical substances.

TAKEHARA Kohsei

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Environmental Hydraulic Laboratory
Hydraulics

We are engaged in a wide range of research including gas transport phenomena in oceans and surrounding flow fields related to the motion of microorganisms. In addition, we are studying the phenomenon of water droplets and gas bubbles using the world's fastest video camera developed at this university.

TOMITA Yasuo

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Urban Management Laboratory
Transport Planning, Urban Planning, Regional Planning

We are working broadly on urban management in an aging society and low-carbon society from both a theoretical and practical perspective. In particular, we are studying town planning by the residents themselves that applies urban management techniques.

HIGASHIYAMA Hiroshi

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Laboratory of Composite Structural Engineering
Structural Engineering, Bridge Engineering, Maintenance Engineering

For the sake of safe, reliable and comfortable living, we research the development of new materials and structures, investigate methodologies, and study maintenance of existing structures. We deepen our understanding by examining phenomena, touching on materials and structures in experiments and analysis.

FUMOTO Takayuki

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Environment Material Laboratory
Concrete Engineering, Construction Materials, Environmental Materials

The fundamental properties and degradation mechanisms of construction materials under various environmental conditions such as loading, drying, heating, freezing, etc., are clarified using a visualization method based on three-dimensional X-ray CT images. Based on the results, we are devising useful utilization methods and material production methods, such as the use of recycled materials and the development of artificial rocks.

MATSUI Kazuaki

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Environmental Biological Science Laboratory
Urban Microbial Ecology, Human Impacts on Microbial Ecosystems

We are working on a variety of research projects to understand the urban aquatic microbial ecosystems. Our current interest is the dynamics and distribution of bacterial heavy metal and antibiotic resistance genes in urbanized environment. We also try to elucidate the quantitative relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning with microbes.

TAKANO Yasuhide

Position
Associate Professor
Laboratory
Water Environmental Measurement Laboratory
Environmental Measurement Engineering, Hydrology

Using measurement instruments, as well as electron microscopes, and the like, we investigate the state of the environment in urban areas mainly by measuring the heat and moisture environment (temperature, humidity etc.) and soil property about heat and moisture transfer.

TAKABATAKE Tomoyuki

Position
Associate Professor
Laboratory
Coastal Engineering Laboratory
Coastal Engineering

This coastal engineering laboratory aims to protect human lives and properties from such devastating coastal disasters and contribute to developing a sustainable coastal area. To achieve this goal, we have conducted a variety of research relevant to coastal engineering, including field surveys, hydraulic experiments, and numerical simulations.

YANAGIHARA Takao

Position
Associate Professor
Laboratory
Welfare Planning Laboratory
Transportation Planning

We research the relationship between people and the social environment from a variety of perspectives, such as engineering, health and well-being, psychology, and cognitive science. In particular, in recent years, we have also been doing R&D on equipment to support independent living by people with disabilities.

NAKASHIMA Koji

Position
Lecturer
Laboratory
Geotechnical Disaster Prevention Engineering Laboratory
Geotechnical Engineering